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Article snippet: MORE’s Supreme Court nominee is walking into the middle of a political firestorm over his work for President George W. Bush. Access to paperwork from Brett Kavanaugh’s years as a White House lawyer and staff secretary for Bush has become a lightning rod in the nomination fight. The issue will take center stage as he sits down with Senate Minority Leader MORE (Calif.), the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, this week. Both senators are expected to press Kavanaugh on whether he'll support releasing all of his Bush-era documents, which they say would shed light on what he thinks about controversial matters such as terrorism policy, healthcare and executive authority. Schumer said he intends to ask Kavanaugh directly why he isn’t publicly calling for releasing the paperwork during their closed-door sit-down. "He can't duck it. ... He should have said already that he wants them released if he's an open, fair, wonderful man, Supreme Court justice that he's trying to portray himself to be," Schumer told reporters during a weekly leadership press conference. Kavanaugh’s meetings with Feinstein and Schumer—expected to take place on Monday and Tuesday, respectively—will mark his toughest stops, so far, on his Capitol Hill charm offensive. So far his meetings have been limited to senators who support him or are believed likely to back him. The three Democrats who have sat down so far, Sens. MORE (N.D.), also supported Justice Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s first Supreme Court... Link to the full article to read more